S.Amdt. 2137

SA 2137. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle B of title III, add the following:

SEC. 320. REVIEW OF NATIONAL SECURITY IMPLICATIONS OF WIND
FARM PROPOSALS NEAR INSTALLATIONS OF DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Air Force, in
conjunction with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall conduct
a thorough review lasting not less than 180 days of the
national security implications of wind farm proposals within
100 miles of an installation of the Department of Defense if
an entity purchasing or constructing the wind farm has
financial holdings in, or is a subsidiary of, a company that
is influenced or controlled by--
(1) the Communist Party of the People's Republic of China;
(2) the Government of the Russian Federation;
(3) the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran; or
(4) the Government of the People's Republic of North Korea.
(b) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 15 days after the
completion of the review under subsection (a), the Secretary
of the Air Force shall submit to the appropriate committees
of Congress and the appropriate members of Congress a report
that includes the results of the review.
(2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
(A) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term
``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(i) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
(ii) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Homeland Security, the
Committee on Appropriations, and the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
(B) Appropriate members of congress.--The term
``appropriate members of Congress'' means, with respect to a
State in which an installation of the Department of Defense
is located that is within 100 miles of a wind farm proposal
subject to the review under subsection (a)--
(i) the Senators from the State; and
(ii) the members of the House of Representatives from the
State.
(c) Limitation on Publication or Release.--The Secretary of
the Air Force and the Secretary of the Treasury may not
publish or release any conclusions or rulings resulting from
the review conducted under subsection (a) until the date that
is 60 days after the submittal of the report under subsection
(b).
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